Inflation
Price awareness
Market data indicate that governmental measures to address inflation are insufficient. For effective competition, consumer oversight is essential, in addition to regulatory measures. Cultivating consumer awareness is crucial so that products with competitive prices are recognized and rewarded on supermarket shelves.
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Serbian October average net monthly wage at 86,738 dinars
BELGRADE - The Serbian average net monthly wage in October was 86,738 dinars, according to figures released by the national statistical office RZS.
The average gross wage was 119,791 dinars.
Average gross and net wages between January and October were up by 15.0 pct y-o-y in nominal terms and by 1.4 pct y-o-y in real terms.
Dominance and instability
In a poll by Metron Analysis published on December 22, there are some findings that are striking and, more importantly, highlight a core truth that may prove crucial in the future.
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Winter holiday homes’ values remain in deep freeze
With the real estate market due for a correction after significant price hikes, according to real estate experts and the Bank of Greece, there is a market segment, winter holiday homes, which never rebounded from the financial crisis.
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Central Bank lifts key rate for seventh consecutive month
The Central Bank of Türkiye has increased the key interest rate for a seventh consecutive month but said it is nearing the end of the monetary tightening cycle.
As widely expected, the bank hiked the policy rate - the one-week repo auction rate - by 250 basis points to 42.5 percent at the Monetary Policy Committee's last meeting of 2023 on Dec. 21.
Macro-financial stability strengthening: Şimşek
The steps and measures that the government has taken have helped to strengthen the macro-financial stability, Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek has said, adding that more reforms are in the pipeline.
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Central bank warns on profit inflation
Addressing the phenomena of "profit inflation" and tax evasion, as well as the acceleration of the absorption of European resources and of course the reduction of public debt, are matters at the forefront of Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras' policy proposals in the Interim Monetary Policy Report he presented on Wednesday.
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Central Bank meets to decide on key interest rate
The Central Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is set to convene for the last rate-setting meeting of 2023 on Dec. 21.
The bank is widely expected to increase its main policy rate - the one-week repo auction rate - from the current 40 percent to 42.5 percent.
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NBS: Y-o-y inflation in November 2024 expected to be 5.7 pct
BELGRADE - According to an Ipsos survey, the Serbian financial sector expects y-o-y inflation to be 5.7 pct in November 2024, which is a decline for a third consecutive month, since expectations from the previous, October survey stood at 5.9 pct, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) said.
Şimşek, Erkan to meet investors in New York
Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek and Central Bank Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan will travel to New York next month to meet with investors.
As part of the "Investor Day" event to be held on Jan. 11, Erkan will make a presentation to foreign investors on monetary policy and inflation, according to the invitation the Central Bank sent to investors.
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